Trap and door for railway-cars.



D. POLIQUIN.

TRAP AND DOOR FOR RAILWAY CARS.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 30. 1915.

1 1 86,938 Patented June 13, 1916.

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D. POLIQUIN'. TRAP AND DOOR FOR RAILWAY CARS. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 30. 1915.

1 1 86,938. Patented June 13, 1916.

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To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, DONA PoLI UIN, a subject of the King of 'Great Britain,- residing at No. 37 Pie IX avenue, Maison neuve, Provinceof Quebec, Canada,'have invented certain new and useful Improve ments in Traps and Doors for Railway-- Cars, and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such' as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention to be hereinafter described relates to traps and door for railway cars.

In order to more clearly disclose the 0on tion, reference should be had to the accom- P y n ent application.

Throughout the several figures of the drawings like reference characters designate the same parts.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is an end view of a car'with the invention applied; partly broken away;

an, sectional view; Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the same; and Fig. 4 is a detail of the trap raising means with the trap partly raised. Fig. 5 is a fragmentary detail in side elevation showing the lockingmeans.

The main objects of the invention are, to provide a neat, durable, and efiicient door and trap for railway cars, and means for" operating the same, so constructed that the trap, when lowered, will hold the door tightly closed.

' steps to the inner back corner Referring to the drawings in detail, 1 designates a railway car or coach of usual construction. A trap 2 is at its inner side, on the end of the car, so as to, when lowered, close the well of the 3 in the usual manner. The door 4 is pivotally mounted, at its inner edge, on the end of the coach 1, as usual, and extends a slight distance below the'trap 2 whenlowered, as in Fig, 1.

A segmental pinion 5 is fixedly secured of trap 2. This pinion is adapted to be engaged by a segmental rack 6 integral with a sector plate-7 keyed on a shaft 8 revolubly mounted through the car platform. As shown in Fig. 2, the plate 7 operates in a suitable recess in the platform, so as to be out of the way. An arm 9 is keyed on the lower end of shaft 8 and is pivotally connected to the Specification of Letters Patent.

drawings forming part of the pres Fig. 2 is a fragmentary, de-

pivotally mounted,

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Application filed october 30, 1915. Serial No. 58,755

inner end of a rod 10 the outer end of which is pivotally connected to the inner end of a crank arm 11, the outer end of which is secured to the door 4. A lever 12 is secured on the upper endof shaft 8, for revolving purposes. This lever is provided with a lug 12"a'clapted to engagenotches 13 in a sleeve 13 through which the shaft a is.

passed, so as to secure the shaft against revolution when the lever is in its lowered position as shown in Fig. 2.

When the door is closed, as in Fig. 1, the

trap 2 efiectually' prevents any opening thereof, and arm 9 is a considerable distance off center with arm 11. To open the door, the'lever is swung outwardly so as to .revolve shaft 8. When the shaft is revolved,

the rack 6 carried by plate 7 engages the pinion 5 secured to the trap 2- This rotates pinion 5 so as to turn the trap upwardly and backwardly, as indicated in Figs. 3 and ficient revolution of shaft 8 to effect the opening of the trap before the door is actuated/ When the arms 9 and 11 come on center, the rod 10 forces arm 11 outwardly. This rotates door 2 inwardly against the raised trap so as to leave the steps entirely open. In closing the door the reverse operation willtake place, the door being closed first and the trap last. By means of the lug 12 of lever 12 and the cooperating notches i, so as to lift it and open the stair well. The arm 9 is, of course, so ar- 7 ranged relatively to arm 11 as to permit sufl3 of sleeve 13, the shaft 8 may be secured against revolution. so as to efiectually lock the door and trap in closed or open position, as desired.

It is thoughtv that the construction, operation, and use of the invention will be clear from the preceding detailed description.

Changes may be made in the construction, arrangement, and disposition of the several parts of the invention without in any way departing from the field and scope of the same, and it is meant to include all such within this application wherein only a preferred form has been disclosed.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In combination, a car, vided with a stair well and steps contained a trap pivotally connected at its inner edge to the car and'adapted to close a platform pro- "ally connected to the end of thefcar and adapted to be maintained .infc l'osedposition by the, said trap when itfis lowered, a pinion rodupivotally, 10

I this; we been a the secured tot-he inner. back earner of mishap, a revoluble shaft,a rack secured thereto and [aiiaptedlte mesh :withthe pinion i-aek;

arm'keyed on the lower end of the said shaft, a crank arm secuifedto the said deer, conneotingjthe said arms, means foi ji vol'v' ing the said shaft, and ihlns g'foi' ieeidng the sine shaft against p. reyo ntidnfeoh bisatioii with a car iatfesm against on the trap, a segmental rack disposed in mesh with the :pinion, a shaft secured to the rack, a sleeve disposed on the shaft and fixed V my ba n in the -.pi"s,encof twowime ses. r DON'A POLIQUIN. Witnesses: j v

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